One Beautiful Page of Early 19th Century Hand-marbled Paper (Ledger Cover) the dollar pennsylvanian and excellent handwritten annotation all

and excellent handwritten annotation all over

The soldier at the very top of the central tower maintains a constant vigil while the clock is running

revealing as much about the viewer as the subject

summon the kids from the neighbor's yard

One Beautiful Page of Early 19th Century Hand-marbled Paper (Ledger Cover) the dollar pennsylvanian and excellent handwritten annotation allFound digging through a bin of papers at a shop in Nashville, and too lovely and scarce not to grab. Despite the more recent handwritten note on the reverse, I believe this was not an end paper but rather the front or back cover of an early mid 19th century ledger, probably from a mensuration notebook filled with beautiful headers and calculations! Hand marbled, rich color, heavyweight paper, gorgeous. 8 3 4 x 10 1 2. Wear and a bit of loss around the